Legal Opinion
Barris v. Emmons
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided February 18, 1913No. Docket No. 37PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Allegan; Padgbam, J. Bill by Ransom J. Barris, as administrator de bonis non of the estate of Alfred Emmons, against Emily E. B. Emmons and others, to set aside a conveyance of decedent for the benefit of creditors. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
The facts in this case are clearly stated in the opinion of the learned circuit judge, who heard it, as follows:
“ The bill in this cause is filed by the administrator of the estate of said Alfred Emmons, deceased, to subject certain real estate (owned by said Emmons at his decease) to the payment of his debts, as allowed against his estate; there being no personal estate with which to pay said debts. The said Alfred Emmons died on, to wit, the 7th day of June, 1907, intestate, and up to that time was the owner in fee of the east half of the west half of the southwest quarter of section 14,…
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